diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d063bed..ecb1c0b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - `Viterbi` refuses a sequence of probability zero under the model,
   the same refusal `Forward` makes, instead of returning a meaningless
   path beside a log probability of -Inf.
+- The Student-t tails stay accurate past the point t squared
+  overflows float64: `StudentTCDF`, the regression coefficient
+  p-values and `NoncentralTCDF` at extreme t answer the tail the
+  format still holds instead of a silent zero or an error naming a
+  NaN.
 
 ## [1.0.0] - 2026-09-03
 
diff --git a/stats/cdf.go b/stats/cdf.go
index c984e85..66b7617 100644
--- a/stats/cdf.go
+++ b/stats/cdf.go
@@ -269,15 +269,18 @@ func StudentTCDF(t float64, df int) (float64, error) {
 	if df < 1 {
 		return 0, base.Errf("StudentTCDF: df must be ≥ 1, got %d", df)
 	}
-	z := float64(df) / (float64(df) + t*t)
-	upper, err := BetaIncomplete(z, float64(df)/2, 0.5)
+	// One house tail: the upper-tail helper carries the asymptotic forms
+	// the heavy df ≤ 2 laws keep past t²'s overflow, where the closed
+	// form's z = df/(df+t²) collapses to 0 and the lower tail answered a
+	// silent 0 for a tail the format still holds.
+	upper, err := studentTUpperTail(math.Abs(t), df)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, base.Errf("StudentTCDF: %w", err)
 	}
 	if t >= 0 {
-		return 1 - upper/2, nil
+		return 1 - upper, nil
 	}
-	return upper / 2, nil
+	return upper, nil
 }
 
 // PoissonCDF returns P(N ≤ k) for N ~ Poisson(lambda), through the
@@ -701,7 +704,10 @@ func studentTUpperTail(t float64, df int) (float64, error) {
 			// huge t keeps accurate.
 			return 1 / (math.Pi * t), nil
 		case df == 2:
-			return 1 / (2 * t * t), nil
+			// The tail 1/(2t²) divided one t at a time: the literal
+			// denominator overflows past √MaxFloat64, and the quotient
+			// would flush the still-representable tail to zero.
+			return 0.5 / t / t, nil
 		}
 	}
 	z := float64(df) / (float64(df) + t*t)
diff --git a/stats/cdf_test.go b/stats/cdf_test.go
index 0ef59bf..e440af5 100644
--- a/stats/cdf_test.go
+++ b/stats/cdf_test.go
@@ -276,3 +276,56 @@ func TestGammaLowerLargeShape(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// TestStudentTCDFSquareOverflowTail pins the Student laws past the square
+// overflow: a t beyond √MaxFloat64 drives z = df/(df+t²) through Inf/Inf
+// to the NaN and 0 the closed form answers, while the heavy df = 1 and
+// df = 2 tails are still representable there. The lower tail and the
+// two-sided tail must answer their asymptotic forms, exactly as the
+// one-sided upper tail already does.
+func TestStudentTCDFSquareOverflowTail(t *testing.T) {
+	const huge = 1e155
+	// df = 1 (Cauchy): the one-sided tail is 1/(π·t), two-sided 2/(π·t).
+	one, err := StudentTCDF(-huge, 1)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("StudentTCDF(-1e155, 1): %v", err)
+	}
+	if want := 1 / (math.Pi * huge); math.Abs(one-want) > 1e-12*want {
+		t.Fatalf("StudentTCDF(-1e155, 1) = %.17g, want the Cauchy tail %.17g", one, want)
+	}
+	two, err := twoSidedT(huge, 1)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("twoSidedT(1e155, 1): %v", err)
+	}
+	if want := 2 / (math.Pi * huge); math.Abs(two-want) > 1e-12*want {
+		t.Fatalf("twoSidedT(1e155, 1) = %.17g, want the Cauchy tail %.17g", two, want)
+	}
+	// df = 2: the two-sided tail is 1 − t/√(t²+2), the one-sided half of
+	// it, both ≈ 1/t² here and still inside the subnormal range. The
+	// reference is assembled as u/(√(1+u)+1) with u = 2/t², the form
+	// that never squares t.
+	const u = 2e-310 // 2/t² at t = 1e155
+	two2, err := twoSidedT(huge, 2)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("twoSidedT(1e155, 2): %v", err)
+	}
+	if want := u / (math.Sqrt(1+u) + 1); math.Abs(two2-want) > 1e-6*want {
+		t.Fatalf("twoSidedT(1e155, 2) = %.17g, want the df 2 tail %.17g", two2, want)
+	}
+	one2, err := StudentTCDF(-huge, 2)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("StudentTCDF(-1e155, 2): %v", err)
+	}
+	if want := 0.5 * u / (math.Sqrt(1+u) + 1); math.Abs(one2-want) > 1e-6*want {
+		t.Fatalf("StudentTCDF(-1e155, 2) = %.17g, want the df 2 tail %.17g", one2, want)
+	}
+	// The upper half of the axis keeps answering 1, and a df whose tail
+	// genuinely underflows keeps answering 0: both are the honest
+	// roundings there.
+	if v, err := StudentTCDF(huge, 1); err != nil || v != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("StudentTCDF(1e155, 1) = %v (%v), want 1", v, err)
+	}
+	if v, err := StudentTCDF(-huge, 4); err != nil || v != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("StudentTCDF(-1e155, 4) = %v (%v), want the underflowed 0", v, err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/stats/noncentral.go b/stats/noncentral.go
index 7b599d7..6ffb311 100644
--- a/stats/noncentral.go
+++ b/stats/noncentral.go
@@ -304,7 +304,14 @@ func NoncentralTCDF(t float64, df int, delta float64) (float64, error) {
 		magnitude = -t
 		shift = -delta
 	}
-	x := magnitude * magnitude / (magnitude*magnitude + float64(df))
+	magnitude2 := magnitude * magnitude
+	x := magnitude2 / (magnitude2 + float64(df))
+	if math.IsInf(magnitude2, 1) {
+		// A finite t whose square overflows drove the quotient through
+		// Inf/Inf into a NaN the incomplete beta refused under its own
+		// name. The beta argument's limit there is exactly 1.
+		x = 1
+	}
 	if x == 0 {
 		// t = 0: the value collapses to Φ(−δ) exactly.
 		return NormalCDF(-delta), nil
diff --git a/stats/noncentral_test.go b/stats/noncentral_test.go
index 211081d..7a7c730 100644
--- a/stats/noncentral_test.go
+++ b/stats/noncentral_test.go
@@ -219,6 +219,36 @@ func TestNoncentralUnderflowSurvival(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestNoncentralTCDFHugeFiniteT pins the far corner of the signed axis: a
+// finite t whose square overflows drives the beta argument to Inf/Inf, a
+// NaN the incomplete beta refused under its own name. The CDF there is 1
+// below rounding for t on the δ side and 0 above it, the same limits the
+// central law answers.
+func TestNoncentralTCDFHugeFiniteT(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, c := range []struct {
+		tv    float64
+		df    int
+		delta float64
+		want  float64
+	}{
+		{1e200, 3, 2, 1},
+		{1e155, 1, 0.5, 1},
+		{-1e200, 5, 1, 0},
+		{-1e155, 2, -3, 0},
+	} {
+		got, err := NoncentralTCDF(c.tv, c.df, c.delta)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("NoncentralTCDF(%g, %d, %g): %v", c.tv, c.df, c.delta, err)
+		}
+		if math.IsNaN(got) || got < 0 || got > 1 {
+			t.Fatalf("NoncentralTCDF(%g, %d, %g) = %g, want a probability", c.tv, c.df, c.delta, got)
+		}
+		if math.Abs(got-c.want) > 1e-15 {
+			t.Fatalf("NoncentralTCDF(%g, %d, %g) = %.17g, want %g", c.tv, c.df, c.delta, got, c.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // TestNoncentralTIdentityReductions pins the exact corners: δ = 0 is
 // the central Student t, t = 0 is Φ(−δ), and the two reflection
 // identities of the law hold to rounding.
diff --git a/stats/regression.go b/stats/regression.go
index bc2a7d7..cb7c9ae 100644
--- a/stats/regression.go
+++ b/stats/regression.go
@@ -335,14 +335,16 @@ func LinearRegression(x, y *core.Array) (*LinearRegressionResult, error) {
 // freedom, by the closed-form tail I_z(df/2, 1/2) with z = df/(df+t²).
 // The identity is used rather than 2·(1 − T_cdf(t)): near t = 0 the
 // subtraction cancels catastrophically, while the incomplete beta
-// stays accurate into the far tail where p values matter most.
+// stays accurate into the far tail where p values matter most. The
+// upper-tail helper carries it, so the asymptotic forms that hold the
+// df ≤ 2 tails past t²'s overflow serve here too: the bare closed form
+// answers a silent 0 there while the true tail is still representable.
 func twoSidedT(t float64, df int) (float64, error) {
-	z := float64(df) / (float64(df) + t*t)
-	p, err := BetaIncomplete(z, float64(df)/2, 0.5)
+	upper, err := studentTUpperTail(math.Abs(t), df)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
-	return p, nil
+	return 2 * upper, nil
 }
 
 // hasConstantColumn reports whether an (n, p) design holds a column of